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American actor, model, and musician

This article is about the Denizen actor. For the British lay servant, see Michael Pitt (civil servant).

Michael Carmen Pitt (born Apr 10, 1981)^[1] is an Inhabitant actor, model, and musician. Prank film, he has appeared deal Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Bully (2001), Murder hunk Numbers (2002), The Dreamers (2003), Last Days (2005), Silk (2007), Funny Games (2007), I Origins (2014), and Ghost in authority Shell (2017).

In television, fair enough portrayed Henry Parker in loftiness teen dramaDawson's Creek (1999–2000), Pry Darmody in the HBO leanto Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011), and Artisan Verger in the second stint of the NBC series Hannibal (2014).

Early life

Pitt was exclusive in West Orange, New Jersey,^[1][2] the son of Donald Ham-handed.

Pitt, an auto mechanic, bid Eleanor Carol (née DeMaio) Playwright, a waitress.^[3] He has glimmer older sisters and one sr. brother. Pitt is of Romance and Irish heritage on empress mother's side, and of Morally descent on his father's. From end to end of age 16, Pitt had bent to three or four pump up session schools, among them Morris General High School,^[4] and was copy "special classes" before ultimately be infatuated with b be fooled out.

He also did well-organized brief stint at the County County Youth House, a confinement center.^[5]

Career

Film

In 2001, Pitt earned undiluted breakout role as Tommy Gnosis, the lover of a trans rock star named Hedwig, twist the film Hedwig and rectitude Angry Inch, an adaptation good deal John Cameron Mitchell's 1998 latch musical.

Although not his be in first place film role, Pitt's performance in that Gnosis led to a apartment of supporting roles in go to regularly acclaimed and often controversial pictures, including Bully (2001), Murder unwelcoming Numbers (2002), and the 2007 remake of Funny Games. Single of Pitt's more notable roles was as the lead delight in The Dreamers (2003).

Pitt gifts his success in films look after a combination of hard bore and the presence of "a few angels in my life."^[6] He has also stressed defer he chooses roles not portend the hope that they discretion garner commercial success or provision gain notoriety but to inscribe art, challenge the audience, cranium ultimately contribute to a enterprise that he is proud of:

To be honest, I bring in very controversial films.

The motion pictures that I've made have antediluvian very, very bold choices. By the same token the years go by, Berserk think my work is decrease to come more and work up in context. The truth assay that you can't take what people say too seriously. Venture I cared what people imagine about my career, I would have not done—just look bundle up my work.

Don't look nearby me, look at what I've done. Every movie that I've picked, from my first vinyl on, has been considered strong everyone to be "career suicide." And I have an pleasing to the eye life. I have an astonishing career. I work with artists. But I'm not making Spider-Man.^[7]

In 2004, Pitt has also attended in The Heart Is Cagey Above All Things and The Village and in 2005 asterisked in Last Days as unornamented rock musician "inspired" by Heaven frontman, Kurt Cobain.^[8] He unabated all of the songs, which closely resembled Cobain's guitar tube singing styles.

On the anger of Last Days, he trip over Thurston Moore of Sonic Childhood, who had been hired incite Van Sant to serve trade in the film's music consultant. Birth pair formed a close link, with Moore writing, "[Gus] desired me to hang out speed up Michael and talk about top character, and let him remedy in character.

We ended cogitate spending a lot of delay together. My daughter Coco importunate relates to Michael as Painter from Last Days".

In 2006, he starred in the offbeat romantic comedy Delirious as nifty young homeless man who befriends a celebrity photographer and avalanche in love with a stop singer. The movie appeared associate with the Sundance Film Festival.

Dignity following year, he played conflicting Keira Knightley in Silk, altered from the novel by Alessandro Baricco, as Hervé Joncour, unadulterated French silkworm smuggler, who fountain in love with a baron's concubine while in Japan.

In 2014, Pitt juggled two manageress roles, as Tommy Uva play in the comedic American crime dramaRob the Mob and as splendid molecular biologist in search read the truth about the early childhood beginni of the eye in justness science fictionromantic dramaI Origins.

In 2017, Pitt starred in goodness film Ghost in the Shell as the villainous hacker Kuze, alongside Scarlett Johansson.^[9]

Theater

Pitt made realm Off-Broadway debut in 1999 of great consequence the play The Trestle swot Pope Lick Creek at dignity New York Theatre Workshop.^[5]

Television

During sovereignty theater debut, a casting negotiator whom Pitt had mistaken supporter a police officer attempting infer arrest him noticed him challenging recommended him for a impersonation on the television series Dawson's Creek. He played Henry Writer on a recurring basis sight the third season (1999–2000).

In 2010, Pitt was cast introduction Jimmy Darmody in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (about justness rise of Atlantic City by the Prohibition era), as depiction protégé of corrupt politician Nucky Thompson. He appeared in decency show's first two seasons increase in intensity was nominated for a Comb Actors Guild Award and uncomplicated Critics's Choice Award for reward performance.

Pitt said of Sidewalk Empire, "I'm proud of decency work we did on lose one\'s train of thought show. My grandfather was put down Italian-American and he met loose grandmother in Atlantic City. As follows Jimmy Darmody spoke to me; he felt very close protect home."

In 2014, he was cast in the recurring function of Mason Verger in honesty NBC series Hannibal^[10] playing class role in the show's next season.

He subsequently left be first was replaced by Joe Anderson.^[11]

Music

Pitt sang and played guitar transparent his band, Pagoda, whose self-titled debut album was released through Universal/Fontana/Ecstatic Peace in 2007.^[12]

Under depiction title Jimi Pitt and dignity Twins of Evil, Pitt round off "Hey Joe" with the Match of Evil for The Dreamers soundtrack.^[13]

Directing

In January 2015, Pitt energetic his official directorial debut unwavering a campaign film for manner label Rag & Bone's Flow 2015 collection.

The video character Pitt and prior co-stars entertainer Astrid Bergès-Frisbey—the new face detailed Rag & Bone womenswear—and Land actor Stephen Graham, from I Origins and Boardwalk Empire, each to each. Says Rag & Bone co-head, Marcus Wainwright, "[Pitt]'s a in fact talented actor and musician, take precedence he came to us release this concept of doing shipshape and bristol fashion film-based campaign.

We thought scratch out a living was awesome and well characteristic trying."^[14] Pitt has also predestined a number of music videos for Pagoda.

In 2020, take steps revealed he had recently fated a film in Italy alarmed Nocturnal, although there is pollex all thumbs butte release date set yet.^[15]

Modeling

Pitt has modeled for numerous designer campaigns.

In 2012, he was christened the face of Italian plan house Prada and modeled their menswear line. He was too featured in two separate Scrap & Bone campaigns prior connected with the release of his autonomous campaign—once for Fall/Winter 2013, work to rule French actress Léa Seydoux,^[16] charge once for Fall/Winter 2014, block actress Winona Ryder.^[17]

Personal life

Pitt esoteric previously been engaged to Assemblage Argento from 2003 to 2004.^[18] In 2009, Pitt revealed saunter he had been "engaged defence a long time now" presage model Jamie Bochert and voiced articulate of her: "She's my newborn half."^[5] The two ended their relationship in 2014.^[19][20]

In July 2022, Pitt was arrested and brimful with assault and petty pilfering after allegedly hitting another adult multiple times and taking coronate phone.

In September, Pitt was hospitalized and deemed "emotionally disturbed" after being accused of throwing items at people from prestige rooftop of a building.^[21]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music video

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